Posted by: Olga Kharif on December 19

Portland police recently beat up an autistic 15-year-old boy whom they’ve taken to be a drug addict. Why isn’t there some sort of a technology in place that can prevent such horrible incidents from happenings?

Posted by: Steve Hamm on December 13

I’m way late to the party when it comes to appreciating Mark Anderson. He’s the headman at Strategic News Service, an influential newsletter and consultancy. I had a chance to…

About

BusinessWeek writers Peter Burrows, Cliff Edwards, Olga Kharif, Aaron Ricadela, Douglas MacMillan, and Spencer Ante dig behind the headlines to analyze what’s really happening throughout the world of technology. One of the first mainstream media tech blogs, Tech Beat covers everything from tech bellwethers like Apple, Google, and Intel and emerging new leaders such as Facebook to new technologies, trends, and controversies.